Divya’s bag, WIP Originally uploaded by bornfamous. Almost done with Divya’s fancy evening bag. It’s 7"x3"x1 1/2", lined with fuschia satin and has a zippered pocket inside. I just need to add the beautiful cording I found for the wrist strap, and figure out some kind of closure. I was planning on a magnetic snap [...]

This is a muslin prototype of a small, 7″ x 3″ evening bag I’m making for my friend Divya. I inserted a sheet of cardboard and then rolled it for the tubular shape. But because Divya wants a wrist strap on it, I had to figure out a way to keep stuff from falling out. [...]

Project Gutenberg is one of those high-minded efforts that makes me think there is hope for the Internet after all. In case you haven’t heard of it yet, here’s how Wikipedia describes Project Gutenberg: …a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works via book scanning. Founded in 1971, it is the oldest digital [...]

Every month around this time for the past eight months, I try [and fail] to move this damn blog and several others to a new host. It’s all about saving money [I got the new host for $22 for the first year and the old one costs $25 per month] but I get so frustrated [...]

Look what I made! This 5″ tall Steiner doll is for my 2yo great-grandson Elijah, who looks just a little like this, with the help of soozs’ tutorial. The bed is made with ultra-soft flannel and lined with felt to give it body. I hope Elijah wants to take this cute little doll to bed [...]